Magda Fahsi

Magda Fahsi is a Mint Press Europe correspondent and investigative reporter based in Brussels, Belgium, specializing in human rights. She is also a cross-cultural coach lecturing about intercultural management at the Vatel International Business School, and holds a postgraduate degree in Human Rights and a Ph.D. in International Relations and Diplomacy. She has published articles on a variety of topics including European affairs, the Arab world, human rights and migration and diversity issues. You can visit her website, www.magdafahsi.eu.

Inside The European Parliament’s Rejection Of ACTA

(BRUSSELS) – On July 4, the European Parliament (EP) rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 478-39 with 165 abstentions, dealing a blow, probably fatal, to the treaty whose stated aim is to enhance international cooperation in the fight against Intellectual Property Rights infringements, namely counterfeit goods and online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual material. In other […]

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Green Party members of the European parliament demonstrate against the ACTA project (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) during the vote Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

(BRUSSELS) - On July 4, the European Parliament (EP) rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 478-39 with 165 abstentions, dealing a blow, probably fatal, to the treaty whose stated aim is to enhance international cooperation in the fight against Intellectual Property Rights infringements, namely counterfeit goods and online

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How US Authorities Have Open Access To Snoop On European Citizens

(BRUSSELS) – How much personal citizen information does the EU transfer daily to the American authorities? It’s difficult to answer the question precisely, but one thing is certain: much more than what the general public assumes. This is confirmed day in day out by a series of events and reports that dramatically show the extent […]

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A reflection of the Department of Homeland Security logo in the eyeglasses of a cybersecurity analyst at the watch and warning center of the Department of Homeland Security's secretive cyber defense facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

(BRUSSELS) - How much personal citizen information does the EU transfer daily to the American authorities? It's difficult to answer the question precisely, but one thing is certain: much more than what the general public assumes. This is confirmed day in day out by a series of events and reports that dramatically show the extent to which European

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EU, US Disagree Over Iran’s Role In Syria

(BRUSSELS) – Should Iran play a role in the negotiations over Syria’s future? A disagreement has emerged between the U.S. and the EU over the answer to this question. Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League emissary is trying to muster a new Syria “Contact Group” involving the United States, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, […]

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Kofi Annan, right, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, next to Major-General Robert Mood, left, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria and Chief Military Observer speaks during a press briefing at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 22, 2012. Annan says he believes Iran should be involved in efforts to end the violence in Syria. He says he is working to convene a so-called `contact group' meeting on Syria in Geneva on June 30. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

(BRUSSELS) - Should Iran play a role in the negotiations over Syria’s future? A disagreement has emerged between the U.S. and the EU over the answer to this question. Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League emissary is trying to muster a new Syria “Contact Group” involving the United States, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia,

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Repressive Border Controls Represent Hostile European Culture Toward Migrants

(BRUSSELS) — Free movement of people through 26 European countries with 400 million inhabitants is not only one of the European Union’s biggest achievements, it is also the most noticeable for citizens and businesses alike; 60 percent of Europeans consider it as the most positive outcome of the 50 years of European integration. In practice, it means […]

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A police officer stops a vehicle in a checkpoint near to the border of Spain and France in La Jonquera, Girona, Spain, Saturday, April 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

(BRUSSELS) -- Free movement of people through 26 European countries with 400 million inhabitants is not only one of the European Union’s biggest achievements, it is also the most noticeable for citizens and businesses alike; 60 percent of Europeans consider it as the most positive outcome of the 50 years of European integration. In practice, it

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